Toy



` H. CEDERBLAD.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED ocT. s, 1920.

1,378,765. Patented 112111111921.v

PATENT OFFICE.

HAROLD CEDERBLAD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 17, 1921.

Application led October 5, 1920. Serial No. 414,822.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, HAROLD CEDERBLAD,

a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco, in the countyof San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and usefulimprovements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy and has particular reference to around-about toy designed for the entertaining and amusement of children.v

One object of this invention is to provide a toy which comprises acircular track about which a toy figure is adapted to travel, beingactuated by the application ofypower furnished from a winding mechanism.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy of the characterdescribed which is simple in construction, attractive in appearance,inexpensive in manufacture, and a toy which can be knocked down and thenmarketed in such condition and then set up for use by the purchaser.

Gther objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description.

ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed t0 designate like parts throughoutthe'same,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved toy, p

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a side view partly in section showing the winding mechanismforming a part of my invention,

Fig. 4 is a detail of one of the wheels and its associated parts, and

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of a clamping element forming part of myinvention.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention, the circular track consists ofsections 6 and -7 which are held in fixed relation, as shown toadvantage in Figs. 1 and 3, by a clamping element 8 substantially Ushaped in cross section. Connecting the sides of the track there areprovided cross timbers 9 which enter grooves 10 formed in the clampingelement, while the bars 12 which connect the opposite ends of eachsection of the track are received in grooves 13 of the clamping element8. Fixed in the recess 14 in the top of the clamping element is oneextremity of a bearing 15 which vserves as a pivot poi-nt for atop board16. This board has depending beneath the Same a support 17 which ispro-A vided with'a horizontal bore 18. The support can either be madeintegral with the top board 16 or detachably fastened thereto,

and has formed in its free end a recess 19 which receives the otherextremity of the bearing pin 15.

Extending beneath and adjacent the respective ends of the top board 16there is provided an arm 2O and likewise a pair of blfurcated recessedarms 21, while also disposed beneath the top board 16 is an extension22. The arm 20 has integrally formed therewith a hollow bearing 23.Vertically positioned within the bifurcated arms 21 is a wheel or roller24, which encircles a pedaling element 25. Washers 26 serve to hold thewheel in a ixedposition and prevent contact of the wheel with the arms21.

The numeral 27 designates a second wheel which is provided with a crankarm 28 for the purpose of rotating the same. Penetrating the hollowbearing 23 and the wheel 27 is a small shaft 29 provided with an eye 30,while connecting the eye. 30 of the pin 29 and the extension of the topboard is an elastic element 31. This elastic element is adapted to bepassed through the horizontal bore 18 and kby a winding and unwindingoperation serves to impart rotary movement to the wheels to cause thesame to travel over the circular track.

Formed integral with the top board 16 is a yoke 32 provided with a seatportion 32 which serves to support a toy figure 33 of any desired type.The feet of the toy figure are adapted to rest in the pedal element inorder to imitate a person in the act of pedaling, and the desired resultwill be obtained when the wheels start torevolve. It will be apparent tothose skilled in the art that the wheel 27 of the device will only beginto rotate when the elastic element is released after being'wound astightly as possible, which winding action is accomplished by the lingersof theoperator grasping the crank provided on the wheel 27.

For packing and shipping, the various parts are easily disassembled, andthe device can be readily set up by inserting` the clamp over thesectional bars and then completing the construction of the toy, as shownto advantage in Fig. 1.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the Shaper, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim z* In a toy, the combinationwith a sectional circular track and a cross timber connecting thesections of said track, of a grooved U shaped clamping element adaptedto hold the sections of said track in iiXed relation, a

15 top board having an integral recessed support formed thereon, abearing disposed bei tween said support and said clamping element,wheels connected to and depending beneath said board, a pedaling elementpenetrating one of said wheels, a figure associated with said board andhaving a portion thereof connected with said pedaling element, meansattached to said top board for supporting said figure, and windingmechanism for imparting rotary movement to said wheels to cause the sameto travel over the circular track.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature.

HAROLD CEDERBLAD.

